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maverick808 said:
I've used the glossy screen plenty, and I hate it.
gonnabuyamac said:
i prefer glossy...
It seems people are split 50-50. I'm debating the same thing. Wish there was a way to try one for a while and if you didn't like it, trade it in on the other.
 
The 2.16 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:

-- 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
-- 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
-- 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 3GB;
-- 120GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- a slot-load 6x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+R
DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
-- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
-- DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included,
Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
-- built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- Gigabit Ethernet port;
-- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
-- ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
-- two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
-- one audio line in and one headphone out port, each supporting optical
digital audio;
-- Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
-- the infrared Apple Remote; and
-- 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.
The 2.33 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:

-- 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
-- 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2Duo processor;
-- 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 3GB;
-- 120GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- a slot-load 6x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/
CD-RW) optical drive;
-- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
-- DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included,
Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
-- built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- Gigabit Ethernet port;
-- built-in Airport Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
-- ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
-- two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
-- one audio line in and one headphone out port, each supporting optical
digital audio;
-- Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard;
-- the infrared Apple Remote; and
-- 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.
The 2.33 GHz, 17-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US), includes:

-- 17-inch widescreen 1680 x 1050 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
-- 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor;
-- 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 3GB;
-- 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/
CD-RW) optical drive;
-- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
-- DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included,
Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately);
-- built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- Gigabit Ethernet port;
-- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
-- ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
-- three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
-- one audio line in and one headphone out port, each supporting optical
digital audio;
-- Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard with ambient light sensor;
-- the infrared Apple Remote; and
-- 85 Watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.
 
thias said:
Just kidding, they've never had an Apple page. I'm Hungarian and our store is up and running. Apple couldn't care less about small markets.
Congratulation Hungarian guy
I love Hungary
 
End of Thread??

The Apple stores are all currently down, could this mean that this thread is dead inside of the next couple of hours??

Not that I didn't enjoy the ride, but....... :) :) :) :D

Sopranino
 
suwandy said:
Just out of curiosity, in what environment do you usually use your glossy screen on? Could you please also mention your experience with the non-glossy one? Greatly appreciated :)

I spend about half my time in the office at work and half my time at home. So I use my laptops in all kinds of locations. I find in the office the overhead lights are a real pain on the glossy screens. And at home I frequently find myself having to reposition myself or move to avoid the room lights. The only place I find the glossy screens good are when it really is quite dark. Either really low lighting or the lights completely off.

The matte (non-glossy) screens don't have any reflection issues. Although does appear to be slightly less bright, but it's still bright.

Both glossy and matte screens are awful to use outside. If you get reflections from the sun the glossy is a nightmare outside, but if you position yourself away from the sun the glossy is slightly better than the matte in outside conditions. However, the difference outside is tiny, and I have to stress that both types of screen are next to useless in bright sunlight.
 
It's true





They're here.




Grab a beer, let the specs-talk begin...




*gulp* *gulp* *gulp* .... AAAAAAAHHHHHHH :)
 
crap

from the casing, it looks like just a processor swap. no magnetic latch. no anodized aluminum. this is what we've been waiting for? :(

oh well. i'm still gonna buy the thing.
 
Which HDD would you prefer? 160 GB 5400 RPM? or 100 GB 7200 RPM or .... 200 GB 4200 RPM ... what a choice
 
mav: the diagonal lines are from a botched backlight install. Thats why they say "do not touch" all over the place on them. The matte doesnt suffer as much because the screen has internal light reflections, washing out the diagonal pattern. (vertical in some other sets)

Not all sets should have that pattern at all.

(BTW, who cares about the vertical display characteristics? Its a laptop, so only you should be using it? Or do you have issues opening it fully on a plane or something? Personally I want it to look perfect, for me. I don't want anyone else looking on without being shown by me.)
 
tarjan said:
mav: the diagonal lines are from a botched backlight install. Thats why they say "do not touch" all over the place on them

I work in a computing science department. We have 3 MacBooks in my office alone. And I must have seen at least 30 MacBooks. Every single MacBook I have seen has the diagonal lines. The earliest MacBook I've seen was bought the day they were released and the latest arrived just yesterday. Both the earliest and the latest have the diagonal lines.

So if it's a botched installation process then it's universal to every MacBook, and they are still botching them.

I don't think it's a botched install, I think it's just an inherent problem with the design or material they use.

Also, I find the vertical viewing angle important. Often I'm standing at my desk and someone asks me to arrange a meeting. On a non-glossy screen I can glance down at iCal and see fine, whilst on a glossy I have to sit down at the computer, which I find a little rude to do in the middle of a conversation.
 
ct-scan said:
I think I'm going 17", which means a new bag.
What seems to be the favorite??

Everybody I know in my university use the stmbags --> www.stmbags.com ( I think that's the site). As a first-time-to-be-Mac-user, I"m definitely going for the stmbags :)
 
Odd, maybe the install procedures are wrong or you are just particularly sensitive to the effect. Compare it to other laptops using the same CM screens and see if it also happens.. Maybe it is just apple's backlight on the mb?

Btw, get a blackberry so you can get detached from the desk. Schedule your meetings while in someone elses office. Respond to email/phone calls while on the road or at home depot so your friends and coworkers think you are in the office :D

Yeah I know, I am addicted, but when you can make your living room your office and no one knows? Good stuff.
 
Easy-access HDD?

I can't see anything on their spec page about a "new easy-access" HD bay...but then I don't know that this would be something that they would list. Anyone familiar with the MacBook spec page? Do they list an easy-access HD bay as one of it's specs? I feel impending disappointment here...
 
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